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ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 12:15 AM
Hey guys, went to buy some salt from petco the other day, stumbled upon 2 carpet Nems. Had the worker expose both of their columns, both were blue with purple spots. Brought em home, acclimated, and dropped them in the DT (yes, I know I know. Im a terrible person). One stayed on the rock, other went to the base of the rock. One seems like a full gig, the one that went to the base of the rock looks like a gig/hadon hybrid. Couldn't resist picking both us at $30 each lol. Opinions?
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140614_111150_zps84518856.jpg
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140614_111120_zps4f06981d.jpg
oh, and i tried to get the underside of the haddoni/gig hybrid as clear as I can. It may not appear so, but those dots are purple.
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140614_232223_zps2cc9196d.jpg
Reefahholic
06/15/2014, 01:00 AM
One is definitely a gig. The other looks almost like an Atlantic. Are you sure the spots are purple. They appear to be brown in the pic. Foot doesn't look blue either.
Can you take a better pic?
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 01:07 AM
Ye for sure they're purple, the foot is only partially blue. Dont think I can get a better picture, but ill try in the morning.
OrionN
06/15/2014, 01:44 AM
They book look like Gigantea. Give them some time to settle in then you can tell.
clorox
06/15/2014, 09:16 AM
Hey guys, went to buy some salt from petco the other day, stumbled upon 2 carpet Nems. Had the worker expose both of their columns, both were blue with purple spots. Brought em home, acclimated, and dropped them in the DT (yes, I know I know. Im a terrible person). One stayed on the rock, other went to the base of the rock. One seems like a full gig, the one that went to the base of the rock looks like a gig/hadon hybrid. Couldn't resist picking both us at $30 each lol. Opinions?
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140614_111150_zps84518856.jpg
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140614_111120_zps4f06981d.jpg
oh, and i tried to get the underside of the haddoni/gig hybrid as clear as I can. It may not appear so, but those dots are purple.
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140614_232223_zps2cc9196d.jpg
Which Petco if you don't mind me asking? You can PM me if you want to keep it hush hush ....
I assume you're from LA judging from your nickname ;)
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 10:05 AM
Which Petco if you don't mind me asking? You can PM me if you want to keep it hush hush ....
I assume you're from LA judging from your nickname ;)
Well its the first time ive seen gigs there, so nothing to really keep hush hush about lol. Its Burbank petco
clorox
06/15/2014, 10:18 AM
Well its the first time ive seen gigs there, so nothing to really keep hush hush about lol. Its Burbank petco
hehe....
Well, since they are like finding a $100 bill stuck under your shoes, I wanted to make sure it was ok to ask ;).
I am looking for a blue or purple one, heck any color. I'm going on the prowl today.
ZorroV
06/15/2014, 12:15 PM
Great find and for the price you cant go wrong. They both look great.
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 01:05 PM
Great find and for the price you cant go wrong. They both look great.
Thanks bro, you got any carpet anemones yourself?
D-Nak
06/15/2014, 03:07 PM
They both look like gigs to me. Nice pick up!
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 03:16 PM
hehe....
Well, since they are like finding a $100 bill stuck under your shoes, I wanted to make sure it was ok to ask ;).
I am looking for a blue or purple one, heck any color. I'm going on the prowl today.
haha, good luck dude
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 03:18 PM
double post
clorox
06/15/2014, 03:18 PM
Sigh...just went. Quite depressing setup and no gigs. Just a very sad looking long tentacle.
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 03:19 PM
They book look like Gigantea. Give them some time to settle in then you can tell.
They both look like gigs to me. Nice pick up!
Here's a picture of them side by side... the reasons the one on the right side has me thinking he's a hybrid is because his tentacles are shorter than the other ones' and he moved to underneath the rock. Also would like to mention, the guy on the right side has a neon green mouth.
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140615_141031_zpsb13f4058.jpg
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 03:20 PM
Sigh...just went. Quite depressing setup and no gigs. Just a very sad looking long tentacle.
you went to burbank petco?
clorox
06/15/2014, 03:21 PM
Yes...10 minutes ago. Unless there is an other one. I went to the one on victory blvd.
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 03:23 PM
Yes...10 minutes ago. Unless there is an other one. I went to the one on victory blvd.
yes that's the one! but like I said, they don't usually have em dude. First time in a year and a half that I've seen gigs there!
clorox
06/15/2014, 03:28 PM
I found one in Pasadena, but it's brown/tan. I hesitated cause I really want to find a blue one if I can.
ClippersTown
06/15/2014, 03:38 PM
The tan ones like mine are already hard to find, colored one will be 1 in a million. Good luck tho dude, hope you find it!
Reefahholic
06/15/2014, 11:51 PM
Rule #1....
If thou findeth a Gigantea at Petco, thou must guard thy tank, and call for help! Thou must always remember that a Petco Gig is rare and immedately bagith the animal.
Thou must keepeth thy emotions under control and never giveth any ID information to Petco employee, so that more gig will cometh in and nobody will knoweth.
clorox
06/16/2014, 12:19 AM
Rule #1....
If thou findeth a Gigantea at Petco, thou must guard thy tank, and call for help! Thou must always remember that a Petco Gig is rare and immedately bagith the animal.
Thou must keepeth thy emotions under control and never giveth any ID information to Petco employee, so that more gig will cometh in and nobody will knoweth.
Hahaha...ok lesson learned :headwally:
ClippersTown
06/16/2014, 02:30 AM
Lol ^
OrionN
06/16/2014, 05:08 AM
I think is a very beautiful animal, even brown. Having 5 Petco Gigantea, they all color up to some color after you get them healthy. Maybe not really bright color but most will be light green.
You can always put a color LED over him :)
Reefahholic
06/16/2014, 07:32 AM
I think is a very beautiful animal, even brown. Having 5 Petco Gigantea, they all color up to some color after you get them healthy. Maybe not really bright color but most will be light green.
You can always put a color LED over him :)
I agree! They are a beautiful animal no matter the color.
Bag em when you find em!
anemoneguy
06/16/2014, 10:07 AM
purple or red dots? Mertensi?
Reefahholic
06/16/2014, 10:56 AM
purple or red dots? Mertensi?
Red....
They're hard to find though.
ClippersTown
06/16/2014, 06:03 PM
The one that I think is a gig/hadoni hybrid comes out and opens up when the lights are out. Its weird.
ClippersTown
06/18/2014, 03:30 PM
more clear pics of the one that I think is a hybrid. you can clearly see the purple spots here
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140618_085154_zps91a96577.jpg
OrionN
06/18/2014, 03:55 PM
Let it settle down for a few months, get healthy then you can decide. He look very much like a newly imported Gigantea to me. I hav ehad two carpets anemones that I think are hybrid. I also have a few Gigantea that looked short tentacles only to elongated and look much more normal after a few months.
D-Nak
06/18/2014, 04:39 PM
Let it settle down for a few months, get healthy then you can decide. He look very much like a newly imported Gigantea to me. I hav ehad two carpets anemones that I think are hybrid. I also have a few Gigantea that looked short tentacles only to elongated and look much more normal after a few months.
+1. I've had gigantea with various tentacle length. I agree to let it settle in, and after a month or so, if the tentacles are still short, then you can start thinking about whether it's a hybrid or not.
ClippersTown
06/18/2014, 07:29 PM
Let it settle down for a few months, get healthy then you can decide. He look very much like a newly imported Gigantea to me. I hav ehad two carpets anemones that I think are hybrid. I also have a few Gigantea that looked short tentacles only to elongated and look much more normal after a few months.
+1. I've had gigantea with various tentacle length. I agree to let it settle in, and after a month or so, if the tentacles are still short, then you can start thinking about whether it's a hybrid or not.
so, i tried moving the rock he's on to face the front of the tank, it appears as if he's attached to the bottom of the tank/on the sandbed and not on the rock... have any of your gigs done this?
P.S. to be clear, i'm not trying to refute what you guys are saying, just adding as much details in as I can
D-Nak
06/18/2014, 07:34 PM
so, i tried moving the rock he's on to face the front of the tank, it appears as if he's attached to the bottom of the tank/on the sandbed and not on the rock... have any of your gigs done this?
LOL... sounds like your nem is going through an identity crisis! When in QT all of my gigs attached to the glass, so it's not uncommon. In the wild they're known to partially bury their foot but like to attach to a hard surface. Once in the DT, my gigs always climbed up onto rocks, but in other people's tanks, they've attached to the bottom of the tank or close the the sandbed on a rock.
ClippersTown
06/18/2014, 08:24 PM
LOL... sounds like your nem is going through an identity crisis! When in QT all of my gigs attached to the glass, so it's not uncommon. In the wild they're known to partially bury their foot but like to attach to a hard surface. Once in the DT, my gigs always climbed up onto rocks, but in other people's tanks, they've attached to the bottom of the tank or close the the sandbed on a rock.
LOOL, he's confused. Also, does neon green around it's mouth and just overall on it's tissue mean anything in terms of identification of what type of nem it is?
http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac281/clipperstown/20140618_190229_zps348d72ef.jpg (sorry about the LED's)
OrionN
06/18/2014, 08:43 PM
He looks nice regardless. Already the tentacles are longer. My Gigantea does have color lip.
For the price, you can't beat it.
ClippersTown
06/18/2014, 08:46 PM
He looks nice regardless. Already the tentacles are longer. My Gigantea does have color lip.
For the price, you can't beat it.
Thanks! Ye im definitely not complaining, just trying to learn from the forum experts! You think there's a chance that these colors arent their true colors, and they color up to more yellowish after being under my lights for a few months? Has it ever happened with your gigs?
OrionN
06/18/2014, 08:50 PM
My Gigantea/Haddoni hybrid is yellow with a light green tinted, He is right under two 250W DE MH so he really get a lot of light. I think he is really beautiful. Somehow, my camera get bands when I try to take picture of this tank so I am not able to take good picture of him.
ClippersTown
06/18/2014, 09:11 PM
My Gigantea/Haddoni hybrid is yellow with a light green tinted, He is right under two 250W DE MH so he really get a lot of light. I think he is really beautiful. Somehow, my camera get bands when I try to take picture of this tank so I am not able to take good picture of him.
Nice, from your description it sounds beautiful. Was it you that got the rainbow gig from petco?
OrionN
06/19/2014, 08:23 PM
Here is my green Gigandoni Hybrid and a brown Gigantea
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=7306&pictureid=50231
ClippersTown
06/19/2014, 11:54 PM
Here is my green Gigandoni Hybrid and a brown Gigantea
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=7306&pictureid=50231
the one that I think is a hybrid looks very much like your hybrid
OrionN
06/20/2014, 04:28 AM
My green one have been in captivity for 14 years when that picture was taken. A lot of the Gigantea look like than new in captivity, the first month or so.
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